The news just keeps getting worse for Qualcomm. Back in June, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) rendered an initial judgment to ban the importation of Broadcom chips after a two-year investigation found some of its chips violated patents owned by Broadcom. Earlier this month, the Bush administration upheld that decision.

Now, it seems Nokia wants the U.S. to ban even more Qualcomm chips for a similar reason. Nokia is asking the ITC to launch an investigation to decide whether or not Qualcomm is violating 5 Nokia patents regarding Qualcomm’s CDMA and WCDMA/GSM chipsets. As a result, Nokia is also requesting an importation ban of the affected Qualcomm chips and those handsets that use the technology.

If Qualcomm were a boat, then it would be springing leaks all over. The legal team better start plugging up the holes or Qualcomm is sure to sink.